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Topic:
 What do oneness Pentecostals
   believe about the Trinity?
How do you evaluate their claims?




         Shay L. Askew
       Systematic Theology
             TH601
T H E S I S S TAT E M E N T

  THE ROLE OF THE ONENESS OF
   T H E FAT H E R , S O N , A N D H O LY
   S P I R I T A R E R E L E VA N T, T H E I R
C O M B I N E D W O R K S ' A R E N O TA B L E ,
       AND THEIR ONENESS IS
             I N D I S P U TA B L E .
HISTORY
Oneness Pentecostal
 there is only one God
 Jesus Christ is that God.
 commitment to baptism in Jesus’ name rather than
  in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
 A rejection of the traditional Trinitarian doctrine
  held by the historic Christian churches;
 rejection of the pre-existence of the Son of God.
 United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI).
 Gregory Boyd, David Bernard, Robert Weeks
MY POSITION

• Agreement That There Is One God

• Errors With Trinitarian Theology

• My Personal Experience
OBJECTIONS
•   Anthony Buzzard

•   David Bernard

•   Gregory Boyd
CONCLUSION

WHO GOT IT RIGHT?

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Presentation

  • 1. Topic: What do oneness Pentecostals believe about the Trinity? How do you evaluate their claims? Shay L. Askew Systematic Theology TH601
  • 2. T H E S I S S TAT E M E N T THE ROLE OF THE ONENESS OF T H E FAT H E R , S O N , A N D H O LY S P I R I T A R E R E L E VA N T, T H E I R C O M B I N E D W O R K S ' A R E N O TA B L E , AND THEIR ONENESS IS I N D I S P U TA B L E .
  • 3. HISTORY Oneness Pentecostal  there is only one God  Jesus Christ is that God.  commitment to baptism in Jesus’ name rather than in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit  A rejection of the traditional Trinitarian doctrine held by the historic Christian churches;  rejection of the pre-existence of the Son of God.  United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI).  Gregory Boyd, David Bernard, Robert Weeks
  • 4. MY POSITION • Agreement That There Is One God • Errors With Trinitarian Theology • My Personal Experience
  • 5. OBJECTIONS • Anthony Buzzard • David Bernard • Gregory Boyd